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Health

This component of GoodGuide’s rating system evaluates the potential impacts of a product on human health. It incorporates a screening-level hazard assessment or nutritional evaluation, as well as other relevant indicators, like the regulatory status of ingredients. If ingredients pose potential health risks or have limited nutritional value, a product's score is lowered. If a product lacks the data needed to conduct a health evaluation, its score is also lowered to provide an incentive for manufacturers to disclose better information.

Rating: 0 out of 10

0

Human Health Impacts, Level of Health Concern of Ingredients

Human Health Impacts, Level of Health Concern of Ingredients

To assign a health hazard score to a product, GoodGuide counts the number of its ingredients that are categorized as low, medium or high concern. Ingredients are placed into these categories based on their number of recognized and suspected health effects, their relative toxic potency, whether they are frequently detected in humans, and whether the basic toxicity testing needed to assess chemical safety has been conducted.

Characterizing potential human health impacts requires complete information about the specific ingredients in a product. However, there is no current regulatory requirement that companies disclose full ingredients lists for household chemical products (in contrast with personal care products, where disclosure is required). To create an incentive for disclosure, GoodGuide caps a product’s score if it lacks complete ingredient data or lists generic names that do not support chemical-specific evaluations.

Rating: 4.0 out of 10

4.0

Amount of Ingredient Detail

Amount of Ingredient Detail

Tells what is the amount of ingredient information available to rate this product.

Rating: 4.0 out of 10

4.0

Other Negative Aspects

Other Negative Aspects

Human health impact scores are adjusted lower if a product includes ingredients that are considered "bad actors," such as chemicals that have been banned by regulatory agencies or targeted for phase out, or if its production process utilizes hazardous chemicals or introduces contaminants to the product.

Rating: 0 out of 10

0

This product contains no ingredients with regulatory concerns.

Environment

This company's environmental policies, practices and performance place it among the worst 50% of companies rated by GoodGuide.

Society

This company's social policies, practices and performance place it among the best 50% of companies rated by GoodGuide.

5.2

Core Company Social Performance

Core Company Social Performance

Summary evaluation of a company's overall social performance, considering its management policies and practices; impacts on workers, consumers and communities; and degree of social transparency.

Rating: 5.2 out of 10

5.2

Community

Community

Summary evaluation of a company's performance relating to communities, considering its management policies and practices; community relationships; stakeholder engagement activities; and public policy positions.

Rating: 6.3 out of 10

6.3

Management

Management

Evaluation of a company's social management, considering how it is governed and whether it exhibits any leading edge practices or is involved in any controversies or compliance issues.